Registered Nurse (RN) Acute Neuroscience 6 West
About The Position
This role is for a Registered Nurse (RN) in Acute Neuroscience on 6 West. The position requires a capable clinician focused on expanding knowledge and skills, consistently providing effective direct care as part of an interdisciplinary team to a variety of complex patients. The nurse will manage care and implement treatment plans at a refined skill level in collaboration with patients, their families, physicians, and other members of the health care team. The role involves seeking and providing feedback for improved clinical practice and assumes a beginning leadership role with mentoring. The job description integrates the ANA Scope and Standards of Practice and the ANA Code of Ethics for Nurses with Interpretive Statements, and the UVA Nursing Professional Practice Model. Key aspects include Relationship Based Care (Self and Colleagues, Patients and Families), Expert Caring (clinical assessment, planning, prioritizing, coordinating, and implementation of care), Empowered Leaders (shared governance participation), Lifelong Learners (professional development, onboarding support, precepting), Quality Achievement (documentation, outcomes data, performance improvement, standard work), and Innovation (application of technologies, evidence-based practice, nursing research). In addition to the above job responsibilities, other duties may be assigned.
Requirements
- Graduate of an accredited nursing program required.
- Bachelor of Science in Nursing required within 5 years of hire.
- 1 year of relevant experience.
- Licensed to Practice as a Registered Nurse in the Commonwealth of Virginia.
- American Heart Association (AHA) Health Care Provider BLS certification required.
Nice To Haves
- Expanding knowledge and skills.
- Refined skill level in managing care and implementing treatment plans.
- Mentoring in leadership processes.
- Formal education, professional certification, internal and external learning opportunities.
- Membership in external professional organizations.
Responsibilities
- Provide effective direct care to a variety of complex patients as part of the interdisciplinary team.
- Manage care and implement treatment plans in collaboration with patients, families, physicians, and other health care team members.
- Seek and provide feedback for improved clinical practice.
- Assume a beginning leadership role with mentoring.
- Protect, promote, and optimize health and abilities, prevent illness and injury, facilitate healing, and alleviate suffering through the diagnosis and treatment of human response.
- Act as an advocate in the care of individuals, families, groups, communities, and populations.
- Demonstrate knowledge of and actively participate in shared governance.
- Support onboarding of new team members and precept as applicable.
- Adhere to clinical documentation guidelines.
- Comprehend outcomes data.
- Engage in performance improvement activities.
- Commit to standard work.
- Apply technologies that support patient care.
- Actively seek to implement evidence-based practice and new knowledge generated by nursing research.
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Long-term and Short-term Disability
- Retirement Savings
- Health Saving Plans
- Flexible Spending Accounts
- Certification and education support
- Generous Paid Time Off
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
